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In the TV show Ertrugrul, the Kayi tribe is depicted as being reliant on the sale of finished textiles to cities in order to buy grain. Is this a realistic depiction the economy of a nomadic Turkmen tribe in the 12th century?

by /u/jurble in /r/AskHistorians

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